San Francisco Chronicle

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- By Bruce Haight

ACROSS

1 Fountain orders

6 Embarrass

11 Zig counterpar­t 14 Full of energy

15 Ultra- masculine 16 Rage

17 Drain a basketball

three- pointer, say 19 Peter of

Neverland

20 Like a medium steak that was ordered rare

21 “We’ll see”

23 __ Paulo

24 Richard’s running

mate

26 “Understand?”

31 Beauty at a ball 33 Back forty’s forty 34 Road furrow

35 Brit’s “Goodness!” 36 Way up or down 37 Flutter by like a

butterfly

38 Sibs, uncs, etc.

39 Treasure holder 40 One of Chekhov’s

“Three Sisters”

41 Mess up a

football hike

44 __- Turkish War,

1911- 12

45 Prefix with center

or dermal

46 “Don’t wimp out,

bro!”

48 Start of a partial

concession

53 Bearskin floor

covering, e. g.

54 Very close race, and what 17-, 26- and 41- Across have in common 57 Dot follower, on

campuses

58 British noblemen 59 Juliet’s love 60 Super Bowl party bowlful

61 Harped ( on)

62 Rodeo ride

DOWN

1 Hunting outfit, for short

2 Norse king

3 Facebook response

4 In opposition

5 Fixed appointmen­t

6 “You said it!”

7 Loyal political group

8 German gripe

9 HBO rival, briefly 10 They might capture embarrassi­ng comments 11 “Shh!” 12 Spirited horse 13 Chromosome carrier

18 Partner of holler 22 Museum

collection

24 Lemon- lime drink

since 1961

25 Place to tie up

26 Making more

alluring

27 Really would

rather not

28 PayPal payment,

e. g.

29 Spoil

30 James of blues

31 “Back to the

Future” bully

32 Isaac’s eldest

son

36 Author Silverstei­n 37 “Sorry, no can do” 39 Turned ( on) remotely, as the lights

40 How ark creatures

boarded

42 Utility bill meas. 43 __- esteem

46 TV horse who “will never speak unless he has something to say”

47 BMW rival

48 “__ cost you!”

49 Driving around in

circles, maybe

50 Silent performer 51 “Gotcha”

52 Superhero with a

hammer

55 Hem partner

56 Iron __

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